How do I get this baby to sleep in his crib?!

When he was in the newborn sleep for a couple hours and awake we bed-shared. it was practical and helped with breast feeding.

Then around 5 weeks he started not wanting to sleep at all. The only place we could get him to sleep in was his swing.

He's now sleeping through the night in the swing... only problem is it's not the best place for him to sleep. And he's developing a flat spot.

He usually goes to bed around 9:30 or 10. He breastfeeds and reads a book then gets put to bed in the crib. He'll sleep for 3-4 hours then wake up. Usually I'm so tired that I'll breast feed him and put him back in the swing just so I can get some rest.

Tonight I felt guilty about not having any will power and after he fell asleep in the swing moved him into the crib. He's now awake. He's quiet, but awake.. I'm hoping he'll just fall back asleep. :/

Comments (7)

Because you are having him sleep in the swing so much he wants to be rocked all night to sleep. Gotta stop the swing my dear. I know you'll almost try anything so u can sleep, but it'll just screw u over later. We have a pack and play in our room that he sleeps in and I cosleep too. Good luck mama

I just transitioned lo to the crib from the rock n play. I slowly started getting her to nap in there. Just once a day, then more. And I would pic the nap time that I knew she napped the best. Then started with nights. Tonight will be one week, and it's gone well. I know it's not the same thing, but maybe you could try easing into it like that. Also, dh (dear husband) suggested that we move her from the rnp to the crib after her motn feeding. We ended up not doing that, but I think it also would have been good. Good luck!

Hey thanks for posting! We're needing to get our LO (little one) from rock n play to the crib and not sure how to get her to sleep because once she's put in the crib she instantly rolls over and then gets mad because she thinks she's stuck on her belly. She naps in her swing during the day and then sleeps in the rock and play in her room at night. I will try to get her to do a nap in her crib today but open to suggestions!

We transitioned last weekend from the pack n play to the crib. Previously, every time I put LO (little one) in the crib, he instantly woke up. Last Saturday we came home late and he slept thru the car ride and coming inside, I put him in the crib and he slept well. I don't know about te motion situation, but for us, LO (little one) needed to be dead asleep before testing it out

for the flat spot - try the boppy noggin nest... we got it and I can already see a difference. We have our son in our room in a pack and play at night, and he naps in his crib during the day. Hoping he will be able to do an overnight in there soon but I'm waiting until a weekend to attempt it! :)

we tried bedsharing but when he started to get out of the sleepy newborn stage it doesn't work for us. He spends the whole night dream nursing then. We don't own a pack and play and having it in our room wouldn't make a difference.

I know we kind of shot ourselves in the foot with the swing. Right now, he completely sleeps through the night and doesn't nap during the day, so trying out naps in the crib is not an option.

Dh got him to sleep in the crib tonight. So far it's 4 am and he's not awake, he was put to bed at 10 pm.

Troublesome tots is a parenting website that actually encourages the use of a swing for both daytime and nighttime sleeping for at least the first three months. It suggests LO (little one) should be weaned from this sleep aid sometime during months 3-6, depending on your child's needs. This is their article on how to wean your baby off the swing: www.troublesometots.com/weaning-bab...

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